Apartment Bar in Belfast is taking part in the World's Biggest Pub Quiz to raise funds for Hope Outreach for the Homeless

A Belfast bar is going to try and break a world record this weekend to raise cash for an amazing cause.

Apartment Bar, across from the City Hall in Belfast, is participating in the world record attempt for biggest pub quiz this weekend.

All proceeds from the event will go to Hope Outreach for the Homeless, a group of volunteers who support those sleeping rough on the streets of Belfast.

The quiz, on Sunday February 7 at 7.30pm, will see the bar join up with other pub quizzes in a bid to break the record for the World's Biggest Pub Quiz.

It will cost £2 per person to take part and a maximum of six per team with spot prizes and a raffle on the night.

A fundraising page has also been set up and Apartment worker Padraig Scullion wrote: "Having worked in Apartment for almost five years I have witnessed first hand the rise in homelessness in the city centre area over the last two years.

"It is a hard thing to watch walking home from work at night seeing people lying in the freezing cold on the ground."

Donna Connor, one of the administrators for Hope Outreach for the Homeless, told Belfast Live the support from the bar was very much appreciated.

"We are hoping to get along to it just to give them some support," she said.

"They want to be part of the world record and they are linking up with other pub quizzes to do it.

"It is very, very humbling that people are understanding the need to support the homeless people. We are out five nights a week, Monday to Friday, and support from local businesses and the general public is just amazing."

Any money raised for the volunteers will go towards buying sleeping bags or restocking supplies such as tea, coffee, chocolate and crisps.

The event at Apartment this weekend is the second for Hope Outreach for the Homeless. On Friday night Longfellows held a Cabaret night, and on March 27, Bangor FC will host a fundraiser for the group.